General English Literature at Bates College

If you are interested in studying general English literature, you may want to check out the program at Bates College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and approximately 1,876 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 English majors received their bachelor's degree from Bates.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General English Literature section at the bottom of this page.

Bates General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Bates General English Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the English progam at Bates compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at Bates is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General English Literature. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	94
Most Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	377
Most Popular General English Literature Schools	472

English Student Demographics at Bates

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at Bates College.

Bates General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 English majors earned their bachelor's degree from Bates. Of these graduates, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in English at Bates are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bates College with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Bates also has a doctoral program available in English. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

Careers That English Grads May Go Into

A degree in English can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
High School Teachers	5,790	$54,240
English Language and Literature Professors	390	$68,840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.